Boseiai no onna: Hiruma kara shitai! (2008)
A wife of a couple who are not blessed with children is devoted to her volunteer work out of an abundance of maternal love. One day she starts to take an interest in a young man who came to do electrical work, and she develops a maternal love for him. The young man had also lost her mother at an early age and develops a liking for her too. She learns of his upbringing, when as a young man he had a desire to study but was unable to get higher education due to his family background. She starts teaching him English conversation, and the two grow closer and closer until they finally cross the line. Meanwhile, her husband is having an affair with a young woman. Eventually the couple return to a normal life, but the young man will turn to some extreme measures to show her his love
Director:
Kunihiko Matsuoka
Writer:
Mamoru Imanishi
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Maika Asai as Akane Koizumi |
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Azusa Sakai as Etsuko Yanagi |
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Nao Masaki as Miyuki Chi |
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Harumi Ogawa as Maki Naito |
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Naoyuki Chiba as Tomohiro Yanagi |
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Tôshi Yanagi as Shin Koizumi |
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Yasunari Kubota as Zen Morioka |
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Kimihiko Nakamura as News Commentator |
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Setsuhiko Kobayashi as Iwao Yanagi |
| Directing | Kunihiko Matsuoka | Director |
| Writing | Mamoru Imanishi | Screenplay |
| Camera | Naoto Muraishi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Shōji Sakai | Editor |
| Camera | Hatsutarô Satô | Still Photographer |
| Production | Kameido Suito | Line Producer |
| Lighting | Masao Torigoe | Lighting Director |
| Directing | Inejirô Yamaguchi | Assistant Director |